Fly-paper holder.



Witnes ss P. J. PEGK. V FLY PAPER HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 1912.

1,084,475, Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

- Inventor D' 7 I r I I I Attorneys UTE ears PHILIP JUDSON PECK, OF ANGELICA, NEW YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

FLY-PAPER HOLDER.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

'Application filed m 11, 1912. Serial No. 696,701.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PHILIP J. PEOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Anf gelica, in the county of Allegany and State disadvantages in using this paper has been the fact-that it is necessary ordinarily to place it flat on a table or other structure where articles are likely to be placed accidentally.

7 One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a holder which can be suspended from the ceiling of a room orfrom brackets on the walls of a room and which supports the fly paper on edge, means being provided whereby any drippings from the paper will be collected and prevented from falling onto the floor.

Another object is to provide a holder which is cheap to manufacture and to which the sheets of fly paper can be easily and quickly applied.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, with out departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder. Fig. 2 is a vertical section therethrough, a sheet of fly paper being shown in position on the holder. Fig. 3 is a top plan view.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a dished base having a rod 2 extending through the center thereof and said rod being provided, at its lower end, with an eye 3 which serves to support the base 1. Another eye 4: is formed in the upper end of the rod and'is adapted to engage a hook or other support whereby the holder can be suspended. The rod 2 is extended laterally along a curved line at a point near the upper end thereof, as shown at 6 andthis laterally extending portion merges into one end of a split ring 5,'the other end of said ring likewise merging into an inwardly extending substantially horizontal bowed port-ion 6 which, in turn, merges into the upwardly extending portion of the rod 2. Thus it will be seen that the bowed portions 6 and 6 cooperate to form a reentrant loop and the said bowed portions likewise serve to hold the split ring 5 concentric with the upwardly extending por tion of the rod 2. y

In using the device herein described, a sheet of fly paper is wrapped around the ring or hoop 5 and its longitudinal edges fastened together, the sticky substance on the sheet being utilized as an adhesive for holding said edge portions together. The lower edge of the rolled sheet is then placed on the base 1 after which eye 4 is placed in engagement with a support. Thus it will be seen that the sheet of fly paper can be suspended close to the ceiling where the greater number of flies congregate and, as the base 1 extends beyond the outer surface of the sheet, it will be seen that this base will collect any drippings and thus prevent them from falling to the floor or onto any objects.

supported thereon.

Although the sheet is preferably rolled and its longitudinal edges fixed to each other in the manner described, it is to be understood that, if desired, the longitudinal edges of the sheet can be turned inwardly toward the rod 2 so as to project into the reentrant loop formed bythe bowed portions 6 and 6. This arrangement is so obviousthat it is not deemed necessary to illustrate it.

What is claimed is 1. A holder for fly .paper including a base, a rod extending upwardly from the center of the base, and a split ring surrounding and integral with the upper portion of the rod.

2. A holder for fly paper including a dished circular base, a rod extending upwardly from the center thereof, means on the upper end of the rod for engaging a support, and a split ring integral and c0ncentric With the rod.

3. A holder for flyv paper including a dished base, a rod extending upwardly from 5 the center thereof and having means at its lower end for engaging and supporting the base, means at the 'upper end of the rod for PHILIP JUDSON PECK. Witnesses:

l/VALTER C. KITCHEN, ROLAND E. PALMER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for, five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

